Kerr County District Courts Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCriminal cases

The attorney must submit the detailed statement to the trial Judge on the date the case is disposed of by plea, bench trial, or jury trial.

Each attorney shall prepare a detailed statement of the nature of the services performed, the date of such performance, and the actual time spent on each such date and service, and shall submit said statement to the trial Judge: a. on the date of disposition of a case by a plea or bench trial, or jury trial;

CRITICALCriminal cases

The attorney must submit the detailed statement to the trial Judge within 15 days after the mandate is returned in an appeal.

Each attorney shall prepare a detailed statement of the nature of the services performed, the date of such performance, and the actual time spent on each such date and service, and shall submit said statement to the trial Judge: b. within 15 days of the date the mandate being returned in an appeal.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Hourly-fee statements with unsworn declarations are due within 15 days after a plea or bench-trial disposition, a jury-trial verdict, or return of an appellate mandate, or at other intervals ordered by the Court.

Each attorney shall prepare a detailed statement of the nature of the services performed, the date of such performance and the actual time spent on each such date and service (to the tenth of an hour) for all hourly matters. Such statement shall be submitted with an unsworn declaration to the trial Judge: a. Within 15 days of the date of disposition of a case by plea or bench trial; b. Within 15 days of the date of verdict in a jury trial; c. Within 15 days of the date the mandate being returned in an appeal; or d. At such other intervals as ordered by the Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Requests for payment on hourly matters must be made by September 15 within the Court's fiscal year; invoices submitted outside the current fiscal year will not be paid without prior Court approval.

ALL REQUESTS FOR PAYMENTS FOR MATTERS BEING BILLED ON AN HOURLY BASIS MUST BE MADE WITHIN THE COURT'S FISCAL YEAR BY SEPTEMBER 15TH. INVOICES SUBMITTED OUTSIDE THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WILL NOT BE PAID WITHOUT PRIOR COURT APPROVAL.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The attorney must submit the statement to the trial Judge on the date the case is disposed of by plea, bench trial, or jury trial.

a. on the date of disposition of a case by a plea or bench trial, or jury trial;

CRITICALCriminal cases

The attorney must submit the statement to the trial Judge within 15 days of the date the mandate is returned in an appeal.

b. within 15 days of the date the mandate being returned in an appeal.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The verified voucher and detailed statement must be submitted on the date of disposition after a plea or bench trial, within 2 days of a jury-trial verdict, or within 15 days after the mandate is returned in an appeal.

1. On the date of disposition of a case by plea or bench trial; 2. Or within 2 days of the date of verdict in a jury trial; 3. Or within 15 days of the date the mandate being returned in an appeal.

WARNINGCriminal cases

The Court may reduce indigent attorney fee bills that are filed late without good cause.

Bills for indigent attorneys fees not timely filed, and without good cause, will be subject to reduction at the discretion of the Court.